Dr. Krishna S lyer 

MBBS, MS, M.Ch

Executive Director- Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla,

New Delhi President- Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons

President- Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

PREVIOUSLY

• Associate Professor – Department of CTVS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Founder President- Asian Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Society
• Past President- Pediatric Cardiac Society of India
• Past Editor: IJTCVS, APC

ABOUT

Dr. Krishna lyer is one of India’s most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons, recognized for his clinical expertise and involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations. After his medical training, he joined the faculty of cardiac surgery department of AIIMS, New Delhi. He then trained in infant cardiac surgery in Australia and then established neonatal cardiac surgery at AIIMS. Dr. lyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in North India at EHIRC (now FEHI) in 1995. Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its South East Asian neighbors. Dr. lyer has operated on more than 14,000 patients with congenital heart diseases from all parts of India and International patients from over 15 countries. He has performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operations in India.He has more than a hundred research publications in national and international journals and travels extensively to cities across India and abroad to deliver lectures.

Dr. Iyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in North India at EHIRC ( now FEHI ) in 1995. Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its South East Asian neighbours. Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 14,000 patients with congenital heart diseases from all parts of India and International patients from over 15 countries. He has performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India.

He has more than hundred research publications in national and international journals and travels extensively to cities across India and abroad to deliver lectures.

He has been the Founder President of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society, Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons and President of Pediatric Cardiac Society of India.

EXPERTISE

• Surgical treatment of all forms of congenital (simple or complex)
• Complex transpositions
• Redo surgeries
• Late presenting CHD
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Complex Neonatal Surgery